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Re: Can C call the function in IDL? [message #35949 is a reply to message #35947]

Mon, 28 July 2003 09:01

xje4e
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"Rick Towler" <rtowler@u.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<bfsb0j$28ki$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu>...
> "Xiaoying Jin" wrote...
>
>> Can C call the function in IDL? There are some functions build in IDL
>> very efficient, such as label_region, can I call it in C?
>
> Yes, but probably not in the way that you want to. Callable IDL allows you
> to call IDL from your C program but in a manner nothing like
> "IDL_label_region(args);". Check out your options in the External
> Development Guide, edg.pdf, found in IDL's help directory.
>
> -Rick

I checked the External Development Guide. The environment I am working
with is windows NT or XP. It seems that the simplest way to call C
from other program in Windows is "Including the IDLDrawWidget ActiveX
control in an application written in a language other than IDL." I

It is easy to do it in Visual Basic. VC++ also support ActiveX. But I
am not sure if C support ActiveX or not. Any one has some experience
on that?

Thanks,

Xiaoying

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